Saturday, August 28, 2010

Canadian Voices II has a hundred pieces of creativity – short stories and poems.
As with any collection, some are strikingly good to read.
I haven’t finished reading the collection yet. Of what I have read, the following short stories stand out for giving me that “aa..haa!” moment.
Chester & Grace by Cassie McDanielA Black Snowball by Braz MenezesA Blue Fish by Yoko MorgensternThe Devil’s Stone Cook by Joyce Wayne
And among the poems, these are the better ones:
Instructions by Elizabeth BarnesThe Great Depression by Jasmine D’CostaOn Un-making Contact by Deena Kara ShafferApology by Sarah Zahid& I, Too, Am Canadian by Jasmine Jackson which ends with these memorable lines:
So please do not take my accent or the darker hue of my skinFor mistaking me to be any less Canadian
Publishers:Bookland Press, Toronto 6021 Yonge Street, Suite 1010, Toronto ON M2M 3W2 Tel: (800) 535-1774, Website: http://www.booklandpress.com/, E-mail: books@booklandpress.comISBN: 978-0-9784395-8-3, 360 pages, $25.95
Images: Jasmine: http://www.bhasvic.ac.uk/student_life/press/press_10.htm